high export concentration in natural resource commodities and in a few foreign markets, and little development of their non …

Despite trade liberalization efforts made by Eurasian countries, the export structure of the region shows significant … levels of concentration across export destinations. To shed light on this observation, this research analyzes trade policy … European Union, impose high levels of protection on products of animal origin, which may explain the lack of Eurasian export …

This paper evaluates the role of export destinations on productivity, employment, and wages of Turkish firms by … comparing the performance of firms that export to low-income destinations and high-income destinations with firms that do not … export. A combination of propensity score matching and difference-in-differences methods are employed on a rich set of firm …

Entering and successfully surviving in export markets is a costly process for firms. The process involves learning … exports. The results suggest spillovers from tourism into merchandise export performance and diversification and would imply … that there are gains from cooperation between tourism and export promotion agencies …

exports from the top 1 percent of firms in a country -- export superstars. In contrast, the sectoral distribution of exports … across sectors is very similar across countries. This paper also finds that current export superstars typically entered the … export market relatively large, reached the top 1 percent after less than three years of exporting, and account for more than …

recent years. This study puts a lens on this export growth episode, with special attention to two issues. The first one is … the role of international price levels as well as export volumes in explaining this growth. The second one is whether Peru … increase in international mineral prices has exerted a significant impact in recent years, much of the growth of Peru's export …

Recent literature has shown evidence of positive contributions of export promotion agencies around the world in raising … exports, through the intensive and extensive margins of trade. The number of export promotion agencies has increased … their products. This paper describes the characteristics of export promotion agencies around the world, using a novel …

study investigates a possible reason that prevents convergence of countries in export performance. It shows that regulatory … quality, customs efficiency, quality of infrastructure, and access to finance among other factors increase export performance … convergence in export volumes with countries that have more liberal trade policies …

Can the clothing sector be a driver of export diversification and growth for today's low-income countries as it was in … factors shaping the global clothing market, the authors estimate a gravity model to explain jointly the propensity to export …